Animal Crossing In Action: Duo Of Justice
Chapter 17: Guardians' Secret Night Meeting
During the night, Vicki had a same dream from before. She started to examine the mysterious person in front of her as Phantom Angel. They held hands and stared at each other, even though she couldn't see his face because it was too dark for her to see.
"For some reason, your face was so concealed that I could hardly recognize..." said Phantom Angel curiously. "I want to know of who you are exactly..."
"I would've said the same thing to you as well..." said the mysterious voice, which made Phantom Angel more curious.
"Wait, what do you mean by that?"
"Well, we'll probably see about that. But now, none of us have the answer yet..."
When the morning came, Vicki was finally awakened from her dream. Then, she found herself clutching her own hand without holding onto something. She unfolded her hand right away and touched her palm with her own fingers while looking at it.
"That is so strange..." said Vicki softly. "It felt so real when I was holding his hand. But I don't know whether if this is fate or destiny...Or could they be both actually?"
Robert was awakened from his sleep and found his hand clutching without anything to hold onto. He gently touched his hand with his fingertips while looking at it. Then, he looked up at the window as he was very curious about something.
"Is something the matter?" Neon asked, as he was looking at Robert.
"Hmm? Oh Neon, I was having a strange dream," Robert answered. "It was the dream that I recently have since I came here..."
"Really? Could you tell me about it?"
"Well, it all started when I was looking at the ocean waves in my heroic version. As soon as I turned around, I saw an angel standing in front of the town tree. Although, I can't see her face at all, but I don't know why she looks so...familiar."
"Familiar, you say? When you see the angel in your dreams, doesn't she remind you of someone...particular? Hmm?"
Robert was shock for a bit, but he shook his head all of the sudden. "B-But that's...impossible! I mean, that can't be! Now, I'm not too sure about this anymore..."
In the afternoon, Vicki was sitting at the fountain, eating cheese and crackers. She was sharing some for Serena who was taking one bite from her cracker. Then, she looked down absent-minded as if something was bothering her.
"Vicki, is something the matter?" Serena asked.
"Huh? Oh no, it was nothing really," Vicki answered, as she was pretending that nothing's bothering her.
"Nothing, you say? It looks like 'something' to me! Just tell me what's on your mind!"
"Well, you see, Serena..." Vicki began to explain about her dream to Serena, and it was about the mysterious figure she saw but not a foe this time.
"Ah, I see... About this person you saw in your dreams, can you tell of who he is even if you can't see his face at all?"
"Hmm, I could be wrong, but he looks awfully...familiar to me."
"Familiar, huh? Then, doesn't he remind you of someone in particular?"
"Someone in particular? I'm not certain about that yet..."
In the evening, Robert was taking a shower before he went to bed. He dried out his hair with the towel and saw Neon looking at the window. He was curious of what he was thinking right now.
"Hey Neon, what's up?" Robert asked.
"Oh, I was just...thinking," Neon answered.
"Thinking about what?"
"I'm afraid that doesn't concern to you."
"Why is that?"
Neon didn't answered Robert's question and said, "It's getting late. You should get some rest, okay?"
Robert sighed. "Okay..."
As soon as the midnight came, Neon slowly opened his eyes and looked around the hotel room to see if anyone's still asleep. He quickly jumped out of the couch and used his powers to teleport himself outside of the hotel.
Once Neon was outside, he left Main Street and entered the town. He hid behind the bushes and trees to avoid anyone from being spotted. He suddenly began to sense the presence within the fountain. So, he quickly ran to it and started to investigate it.
"How strange, I sense the presence in that fountain," said Neon. "But how can that be? Who...could that possibly be?"
Suddenly, the light appeared in front of Neon and began to shine. As soon as it disappeared, he saw Serena who was standing on top of the fountain. When she saw him, both of them were very surprised as if they knew each other.
"Serena?!" Neon gasped.
"N-Neon?!" Serena stammered. "W-What are you doing here?"
"I would've asked you the same thing!"
One hour later, Serena and Neon began to explain their situations to each other. One of the two guardians nodded while another started up the explanation. Few moments later, they heard the footsteps approaching. The guardians began to gasp in fear and hid below the fountain. They were spying on Sammy and Jimmy who were glancing at the fountain and saw some bells in the water.
"Look at that, Jimmy," said Sammy. "Who would've thought that the villagers tossed out the bells into the fountain?"
"Who knows, Sammy?" Jimmy asked, as he began to look around for a bit. "What about we take some since no one's looking?"
"Good idea, Jimmy! I would've said that myself!"
Before Sammy and Jimmy snatched the bells from the fountain, Serena quickly used her powers to stop them by clapping her paws. Her magic forced the Slapjack brothers to move away from the fountain. They had no idea of what's going on or what's happening to them. Then, they were forced to dump themselves into the trash can. It was Neon's turn to use his powers by snapping his fingers. His magic made the trash can tipped down and started rolling down the hill which made Sammy and Jimmy screamed. After they were knocked down by the tree, Serena and Neon began to laugh at them.
"Well, that'll teach them a lesson they'll never forget!" Serena grinned.
"Yup, you're telling me," Neon agreed. "But anyways, let's get back to our main topic, shall we?"
"Yeah, let's!"
Few minutes later, Serena and Neon were talking about what's going on with their chosen heroes. Then, their discussion has been revealed that Vicki and Robert were having the same dream somehow. Finally, they were starting to have questions about it.
"So, Robert saw an angel in his dreams, but he can't see her face for some reason?" said Serena curiously.
"That's right," Neon answered. "And I assumed Vicki saw the figure that looks like a knight, but she can't see his face, too?"
"That's exactly what she told me..."
"Hmm, I wonder if their dreams are somehow connected..."
"If what you're saying is true, then what reason could that be?"
"I'm not sure...Whatever that is, there's got to be an explanation!"
The next morning, Vicki was hanging out with Robert at the Roost. They both drank their coffee for a while and glanced at each other. As soon as they were done, they left the Roost and strolled around the town. Until they heard someone talking at the town plaza, they decided to check it out and see what this was all about.
"Folks, you may never believe this!" Sammy explained, while the villagers were listening. "Just listen to this! My brother and I were being dragged by the mystical force! Well, I mean, the ghost! Yeah, that's it! The ghost of the fountain!"
"And that's how we got stuck in the trash can!" Jimmy pointed out.
"Oh, you've got to be kidding me, no doy!" said Diana, the deer, as she waved her hooves at the twins.
"Well, I think you're making things up, purr!" said Olivia, the cat.
"Um, what is this ghost you're referring to, Sammy?" Robert asked. "I mean, do you two actually see it at all?"
"Unfortunately, we didn't see it..." Sammy answered. "But we do believe that it is invisible."
"Yeah, it's invisible alright that nobody would actually see it," Jimmy agreed. "Kind of creepy and mysterious, right?"
"Okay, youngsters, you seriously need to take a bath because we can't stand your silly tales and your terrible smell, as if!" said Croque, the frog.
"Yeah, I'd prefer to smell the chocolate cake over your stinky imagination stories, duuude!" said Cole, the rabbit.
After the Slapjack brothers explained everything to the villagers, everyone started to walk away from them because nobody would believe them. Except for Vicki and Robert, who secretly believed them as they were pretending they actually didn't. Vicki thought that it was Serena who did this to them since she was in the fountain this whole time. Robert thought that it was probably Neon, but he could've been mistaken since he was in his hotel room this whole time. But they'd rather forget about it and decided to move onto the different subject.
"So, Vicki, do you want to stop by at my hotel room for a little while?" Robert asked.
"Sure, I would love to!" Vicki answered. "I haven't gone to your hotel room since you first came in StarLily."
"Then, let's go!"
Vicki and Robert were stopping by at his hotel room. As soon as he opened the door, they entered the hotel room before he closed the door. When they sat down on the couch, Neon peeked through the bedroom door and somehow sensed the positive energy so sudden. Robert quickly spotted the dragon guardian and gestured him to get back inside of the bedroom without letting Vicki noticed him. After Neon went back inside and disappeared, Vicki caught Robert acting so strangely.
"Robert, is everything alright?" Vicki asked, as she quickly turned around while Robert was acting normal again.
"Oh yes, everything is fine!" Robert chuckled nervously. "But anyways, are there any plans you have in mind?"
"Um, right now? I don't think so. What about you?"
"Oh, nothing pops up in my mind right now... S-Sorry, I have to ask."
"Oh no, it's fine really! Tell you what! If there's any event coming up on any day, then I will let you know. Okay?"
"Sounds like a plan to me!"
Few hours later, Vicki left Robert's hotel room and decided to go home right away. Before she went back to her house, she quickly went to the fountain and looked around to see if no one's there. So, she brought some pieces of sandwiches from the dining room and left them to Serena. Finally, she went home right away after a very long day.
Serena appeared from the fountain all of the sudden and took a piece of sandwiches to eat. Then, Neon arrived out of nowhere and took another piece of sandwiches as well.
"Hmm, these sandwiches, the hotel made, were pretty good if I do say so myself," said Neon.
"I have to agree," said Serena, as she was starting to change her subject. "Anyways, let's get on with our main topic. You were saying that this Allen person is a bigger threat than Teb?"
"Yes, much bigger! That guy possessed the dark poison crystal, which it is powerful and contains dark energy!"
"The dark poison crystal? Isn't it the one that Blathers and Celeste found from the ruined land before it was stolen from the museum?"
"Yes, but the 'ruined land' they mentioned was the town of Emblem."
Serena gasped. "What? It used to be the town of Emblem before it became in ruins?"
Neon nodded. "Yes, I'm afraid so... The owls didn't know that they discovered the dark poison crystal. They put it on display because they thought that they discovered the rarest ore. That was until one of Allen's retainers entered the museum and stole the dark poison crystal."
"What is Allen planning to do with it next?"
"That's a good question! He's planning to do with it for his evil schemes, and I already know two of them. One; Robert and I were weaken by it whenever we saw it or wherever we're getting close by. Two; he used it to turn the animal villagers into his slaves, and they will do as he or his retainers command!"
"Well, that's a big shock! You mean to tell me that the ones, the Duo of Justice took them to the police station, were actually..."
"Exactly! They were the ones from Emblem and are now possessed by evil!"
"Then, isn't there a way to break the evil spell from them?"
Neon sighed heavily. "I wish there is, but I don't really know..."
Suddenly, the dawn was approaching very soon as the guardians' time of their meeting was up. Neon told Serena that they had to keep their conversation in secret and not to tell everyone about it, not even their chosen heroes. Serena kept his word for it before she disappeared. Neon teleported himself back to Robert's hotel room right away.
The next day, Robert, Lorelei, and Darren were at the dining room. They ordered the waiter to get some glass of water. So, he went to the kitchen to get some. All of the sudden, someone smacked him from behind and made him fell unconscious.
Few minutes later, Robert and the others finally got some water from the waiter. Robert noticed that the waiter was a person, not an animal they met before. As soon as the waiter went back to the kitchen, Robert told the others that he had some investigation to do. He went to the restroom and used his pen to disguise himself as a waiter.
Vicki, Nick, and Serenity entered the hotel, which it seemed very quiet than usual. As soon as they entered the dining room, they saw people and animals were in a deep sleep. They tried to wake them up, but none of them had opened their eyes yet. Vicki took a look at the glass of water and began to smell something strange.
"Something tells me that this water is not normal..." said Vicki, as she finally discovered something. "Unless, someone put something in their water and it's not a good one!"
"Well, what now, Vicki?" Nick asked.
"I've got an idea! You guys, it's time to change your outfits right now! Allow me to do the investigating!"
After Nick and Serenity left the hotel to change their outfits, Vicki looked around to see if no one's around. So, she used her star compact and disguised herself as a waitress.
Robert, in his disguise as the waiter, was starting to look around the kitchen. All he found were the workers sleeping on the floor. He tried to wake them up, but they were still asleep somehow. On the opposite side, Vicki, as the waitress, saw the workers were asleep. For some reason, none of them were awake at all. As soon as she and Robert were starting to walk backwards, they bumped into each other and quickly looked at them at the same time.
"What are you doing here?" Vicki and Robert asked surprisingly at the same time. "You shouldn't be here!"
"Vicki, it's very dangerous right now," said Robert. "You should leave here before it's too late!"
"Well, I would've said the same thing to you, Robert," said Vicki. "Just give me the reason why you're here exactly!"
"I hate to interrupt you two, but it's time to put you out of my sight," said the waiter, as he snapped his fingers and the smoke suddenly appeared. He changed his form and turned out to be Lewis.
Vicki and Robert wasn't expecting Lewis to show up by the time like this. But they had to be careful not to reveal their secret identities in front of each other and their enemy. Lewis's henchmen had appeared right in front of them, including the brown bull with white horns named Vic.
"Now, let's get you out of my misery!" said Lewis. "But first things first...Vic, tackle that green-haired girl now!"
"I'm on it, cud!" said Vic, as he charged Vicki out of the kitchen.
"No, Vic, don't listen to him!" Vicki exclaimed, but Vic started to tackle her and pushed her out of the kitchen.
"Oh no, Vicki!" Robert shouted, but he was stopped by Lewis's henchmen from leaving the kitchen.
"Since the girl's out of the way, it's time for me to take you down!" Lewis exclaimed.
"Then, let the fight begin between you and me, Lewis!" Robert tapped his transformation wristband and began to transform. "Knight power action!"
At the dining room, Vicki was finally awakened after she got tackled by Vic. She stood up and looked around to see if no one's there. So, she took out her transformation microphone and started to transform.
"Angelic power action!" Vicki shouted.
Back in the kitchen, Masked Swordmaster was alone fighting off against Lewis's henchmen. After they were knocked down unconscious, Lewis took out the needles from his sleeves and threw them at the white knight. Suddenly, they were countered by the feather tornado. Two guys looked around to see of where that attack was coming from.
"Hey Lewis, didn't someone ever told you not to throw pointy things in front of people?" Phantom Angel exclaimed.
"Great, you're finally here!" said Masked Swordmaster happily.
"Back off, Phantom Angel!" Lewis argued, as he threw the smoke bomb at her.
Masked Swordmaster quickly carried Phantom Angel away and left the kitchen before the smoke bomb exploded. He used his cape to cover them; and she summoned her barrier to protect themselves while the smoke was in the effect. As soon as the smoke disappeared, Phantom Angel's barrier vanished and Masked Swordmaster's cape was put aside from each other.
"Are you okay?" Masked Swordmaster asked.
"Yeah, I'm okay..." Phantom Angel replied, while she was blushing. "W-What about you?"
"Oh, I'm okay as you are right now."
"Hey, I'm not done yet, you know!" Lewis exclaimed.
"Ugh...you, sir, are a one tough guy," said Phantom Angel unenthusiastically.
"And he doesn't give up that easily..." Masked Swordmaster sighed. "But anyways, why don't you let me take care of that bastard while you can take care of the rest?"
Before Phantom Angel could respond, she spotted Nick and Serenity who were dressing up as the doctor and the nurse. They both gave her a nod, and she winked at them. Finally, she glanced back at Masked Swordmaster and gave him the confident smile.
"Alright, I can do that!" said Phantom Angel in triumph. "And don't let that jerk give you a hard time, okay?"
All of the sudden, Phantom Angel gave Masked Swordmaster a big, comfort hug. He blushed slightly while he was glancing at her. Nick widened his eyes that he couldn't believe of what he just saw. Finally, the angel let go of the knight so he could stop Lewis. She immediately rushed to tell Nick and Serenity behind the wall.
"Guys, do you have an antidote that will wake everyone up?" Phantom Angel asked.
"Yeah, right here, sis!" Nick replied, as he showed her the small bottle in his hand.
"Good! One sniff and they will wake up in a split second!"
"Yeah, we'll do it right away!" said Serenity, as she and Nick gave everyone, in the dining room, the antidote.
Masked Swordmaster and Lewis were back in the kitchen after the knight kicked the spy navigator to the kitchen counter. Lewis threw the knives at him, but Masked Swordmaster avoided them very quickly. He started to throw the baking pans at the spy navigator and knocked him silly. Lewis grabbed the pitcher and spilled the water onto the floor. Masked Swordmaster got slipped and almost fell to the floor. He stopped his tracks by hanging onto the refrigerator handle. When he saw Lewis charging right at him, he opened the refrigerator door and slammed him. The spy navigator shook his head and quickly got recovered. He began grabbing the knight's neck and choked him. Masked Swordmaster gasped in pain and coughed so hard that he could hardly breathe.
"You unfortunate fool, do you think you can defeat me?" Lewis asked. "You can't stop me, you know!"
"Don't try to underestimate me!" Masked Swordmaster gasped. "If what Steel Man told me before was true, then what did Allen do to me?"
"I'm not telling you, it's a secret! And that's something you will never know!"
Suddenly, Phantom Angel quietly snuck up to Lewis and hit him with her guardian staff. He collapsed to the ground and Masked Swordmaster's neck was finally released from his grip. She rushed to the white knight who was slipping down before sitting on the floor. She checked on him to make sure if he was still breathing.
"Masked Swordmaster, are you alright?" Phantom Angel asked, as she was worried about him.
"Y-Yeah, I'm fine..." Masked Swordmaster replied hoarsely.
Phantom Angel turned to Lewis and grabbed his collar furiously. "You there, what did you say to him?! And what secret that you can't tell him?!"
"Oh, you just heard that, huh?" said Lewis, as he shoved Phantom Angel aside. "Look, that doesn't concern to you, okay? Now if you'll excuse me, I'll take my leave for now!"
"Now, wait just a second!"
Phantom Angel tried to stop Lewis, but he suddenly disappeared. She helped Masked Swordmaster to stand up and started to walk together. Once they left the kitchen, Phantom Angel told the doctor and the nurse, who were known as Nick and Serenity, to heal the cooks and servers in the kitchen. So, they did before they sent Vic, who was in a deep sleep, to the police station. Masked Swordmaster couldn't help but to notice that the doctor and the nurse looked oddly familiar to him. Phantom Angel quickly dragged him away from the hotel and went outside to watch the ocean waves together.
"So, what kind of secret is Lewis keeping from you?" Phantom Angel asked.
"It's a very dark one for sure," Masked Swordmaster replied mournfully. "May I ask of why do you want to know so much?"
"Isn't that mysterious? Facing new villains are a lot challenging for me than the ones I met last year! Your villains, my villains...our villains are a lot tougher, don't you think? Especially, they kept their dark secrets that they won't tell us nor let us know about!"
"Hmm, I definitely see what you mean. For instance, if I fight alone, they're unstoppable! Otherwise, with you by my side, they're now stoppable!"
"Yeah, that's exactly what I had in mind..."
While the Duo of Justice were still talking, Nick and Serenity were watching them from behind and nodded at each other. They quickly took Vic to the police station before he started to wake up. On top of the hotel, Serena and Neon were watching the dynamic duo and kept their moment of silence together.